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“I’ll help you… The fae kingdom is a week away. I don’t know if they gave Jupiter a time frame but one thing I have always admired about the fae is they always made good on their promises. That isn’t going to work in our favour this time. We leave tonight.
“How do I leave without Myra, Avalon and Tyrone knowing what I’m up to?
“How did you plan on leaving before? Pack boots” the library door shut behind him, and she begins to plot.
“Myra, I’m tired”
“You want to go to the room”
“No, I want to go home!”
“Okay, let’s go”
“No. Alone”
“It’s dangerous because of you guys! I want to be alone, in my apartment!”
“Reiss…”
“Fine… I’ll figure it out myself! DON’T. FOLLOW. ME”
She storms off into the forest, a feeling of deja vu hits but she keeps going, trying to find the spot she had left through before.
“Okay… I can do this! Open Sesame! Reveal yourself! Abra kadabra!... Ugh”
“You haven’t even tried hokus pokus yet” Alex says appearing out of nowhere
“What the f*****g hell dude!”
“Princess, don't swear. Was this your master plan? The way humans bastardized us in all these movies alone is worthy of eternal damnation!”
“Okay, smart guy! how do we open it then?”
“First you are in the wrong spot and two, it opens when it senses you’re not unnatural”
“Then why didn’t it open for me last time?”
“Your necklace, it stops you from using your powers… I guess it blocks your aura too, come on, you’ll need to pack some clothes or a lot of clothes''
“I don’t know…”
“Are you having second thoughts?”
“N-no, let’s go”
He walks a bit north, 5 minutes away and the door appears.
“After you Princess” he holds the door open and bows, he was mocking her and she knew it, she just didn’t know why.
They take a taxi and get to her apartment pretty quickly accompanied by the awkward silence. She was surprised when he paid for the ride.
“Why do you have human currency?”
“Of all the f*****g questions you could have asked Princess”
“Stop calling me that for fudges sake”
“Fudge”, he doesn't do much to hide his laughter. “What the f**k is fudge?”
“It’s a delicious ch-”
“I know what fudge is, you bloody eejit!”
“Then why did you ask” if glares could kill.
“No one is stupid enough to attack you while we are together, so stop looking around like a lost puppy”
“I’ll wait here” he says, getting comfy on the couch.
“What do I pack? I don’t have a magical forest adventure section in my wardrobe.
***
Naheem barges into Jupiter’s office, skipping the formalities “Reiss is planning on going to the fae kingdom on her own, to try to rescue that girl”
Juputer slowly looks up…”Is that why you barge into my office?”
“You don’t get what I’m saying, do you? She is going to get herself killed and then everything is over. There is no more hope!” he exclaims.
“Leave!”
“I-, you know what? Nevermind” he storms out of the office, slamming the door behind him.
“Your Highness, the child may be lacking manners, but he’s right” Beta says hesitantly “It took hundreds of years and we finally got
it right. It would be a waste if she gets killed over such an insignificant piece in the puzzle”
“If she can not handle a single species, she has no place in our plans”
“But- “
“If it dies, we start again, I don’t care if it takes another hundred years. Leave!”
“Yes Jupiter”
Naheem scurries away from the door before Beta makes it out.
“Just the person I was looking for,” he says, bumping into Myra. ”We need to talk, all of you”
“What do you mean ‘All of You’ ?”
“It’s about Reiss, who do you think” he rolls his eyes in annoyance “It’s important so if you could that now, that’d be great”
“Come on, they’re in the room” she leads him in the direction, but he walks ahead.
“What’s this about?” Avalon asks once he sees Naheem.”Well, hello to you too” he replied with a curtsy.
“Chill your balls Vee, he says it’s important and it’s about Reiss”
“Oui, oui, I do”
“Well speak then”
“I want him” he says, nodding in Avalon’s direction “to say please”. In a millisecond Avalon was holding him by neck against the door.
“Speak you bloody half-breed or I will snap your neck in half”
He lets out a strangled laughter “Then her death will haunt you everyday, knowing that you could have saved her if only you had said please”
“Are you threatening her while your neck is in my hands” he grinds out through his teeth.
“Vee! Let him talk” Myra shouted exasperated.
“I am not saying please” he said, letting go of his neck.
“You just did eejit” he says massaging his neck “The Princess is feeling this… guilt about the little girl…”
“... her name is Elizabeth Zoy and we are all feeling guilty, but there is nothing we can do”
“Well Vee…” he says teasing him “... the Princess does not have the same sentiment”
“What do you mean?” Tyrone asks, finally taking an interest in the conversation.
“I mean she is en route to the fae kingdom as we speak”
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN” Tyrone exclaims
“I think we need to expand your vocabulary”.
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